A response to the NRA

Two gun control groups, Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America, launched a Fourth of July-themed ad in response to the NRA’s recent “clenched fist of truth” ad. In contrast to the NRA’s seething piece, this one takes a more upbeat, find-common-ground tone.

“The gun lobby loves to talk about freedom, but then they shamefully traffic in fear and violence in order to advance their dangerous ‘more guns for anyone, anywhere’ political agenda. The NRA’s frankly un-American ad isn’t reflective of who we are as citizens or what our country stands for,” said Evertown for Gun Safety’s president, John Feinblatt. “This Independence Day, we’re celebrating the values we share as Americans and the many things a vast majority of people in this country agree on, including the need for stronger common-sense gun laws.”

Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, called the NRA’s ad “It’s sick and cynical and un-American. That’s not what freedom looks like.”

Jay Jochnowitz

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Hmm, I guess the truth hurts. The anti-gun crowd does not want to sit down and find common ground, since the only common ground they will accept the elimination of the private ownership of all handguns and all “assault weapons” (a firearm that is constantly being redefined), and no issuance of a firearms ownership permit without a mental health examination. this is just another of the lies perpetuated by the anti-gun left that is castigated by the Dana Loesh NRA video (which was actually released several months ago). The video is not a call to violence, it is not a call to “extremism,” it is a call to stand firm against the radical left wing extremism that seeks to shut down all conversation except their own–violently.

Just look at California if you want examples. California has universal background checks, which don’t seem to prevent felons from gaining possession of firearms. The state has repeatedly sought to eliminate “military style” firearms, although the classic hunting rifle, the .30-06, is a direct descendant of the Springfield rifle used and brought home by dough boys in WWI. They have banned “large capacity magazines,” despite the fact that there are no instances of their use in a “mass killing,” and despite the fact that none have been legally sold in the state for the last 17 years, and which also ignores the fact that such magazines are legal in something like 47 out of 50 states. Beginning in 2018, buyers will have to buy ammo from licensed vendors, who will take down all one’s information, as well as the amount and caliber of all ammunition purchased, which will be reported to the government (for what legitimate purpose is unascertainable), followed by a requirement in 2019 for a license (with a background check) in order to buy ammo. In 2013, the Attorney General certified that the technology existed (it doesn’t) to trigger a “microstamping” requirement for all new handguns sold in the state, as a result of which no new model handguns have been certified for sale since then. California has banned the open carrying of all firearms in urban areas, and in the large urban areas, concealed carry permits (like in NYC) simply cannot be obtained by the average citizen.

But despite all of these laws (which are only a sample) there is absolutely no evidence that the violent crime rate in the state has gone down any faster than the average violent crime rate for the rest of the country. In short, the banning of the legal ownership of firearms has no effect on crime.

So tell me, how are laws that infringe upon the constitutionally guaranteed right to keep and bear arms a “celebration of American values”? Have these people forgotten that the 4th of July celebrates the start of an armed American insurrection against British law? That American freedom was purchased with blood, lives, and guns? And that the Second Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights to guarantee those rights found in the Declaration of Independence, to guarantee our freedom from tyrannical governments?

Every Communist must grasp the truth; “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” “Problems of War and Strategy” (November 6, 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 224. The seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of the issue by war, is the central task and the highest form of revolution.
Quotations from Mao Tse Tung — Chapter 5https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/ch05.htm
At least one left winger knew this.